DEVELOP  YOUR  CREATIVE  PRACTICE  WITH  TECHNOLOGY 

Our mission is to encourage students’ creative expression, computational making and exploration of societal challenges at the intersections of design, technology, art, science and the humanities. CCS is located at the Stanford d.school in Studio 4.

The CCS provides three areas of support and growth to Stanford students and instructors:

Tinker with Computing

Encourage students to explore new and existing computing materials to tinker and make with, which include everything from AI-based applications and node-based arts software, to playful hardware. Through active exploration in our programming, students and instructors can develop a familiarity with and fluency around different tools (ex. microcontrollers, paper circuits, visual programming software, etc.), understand their affordances, and how to utilize them in new design projects. 

Create and Critique

Support students with a broad swath of computational making, for artistic expression and creative problem-solving, to movement-building and social justice, with an emphasis on the design degree domains. While engaging in computational making, students will be guided on how to think creatively and equitably about the tools they’re using and how they’re applying them in their design work.

Community

Students will learn from and with local communities deeply engaged in computational making, make connections across Stanford, and bridge their design work to industry to identify aligned career pathways. 

People

These are a few of the friendly faces you might see in the CCS

  • Headshot of Ariam Mogos

    Ariam Mogos

    Emerging Tech and CCS Lead

    Ariam leads the emerging technologies portfolio and the CCS at the Stanford d.school, where she teaches classes, runs workshops and creates resources around the intersections of emerging tech (like AI), computing and design.

  • Headshot of Anastasha Rachel Gunawan

    Anastasha Rachel Gunawan

    CCS Lead

    Anastasha is an artist, technologist, and educator building physical and embodied technologies to expand dominant technological imaginaries beyond the virtual and digital. She loves using technology as a medium for inquiry and magic. She is a second-year MS Design student.

    Learn more about her work here: anastasha.zip